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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-08-12

certain size, they are always harmful.
They injure the trees by chatting and by
the pressure of the bandages, and when of
wood, as they are in the city of Washing
ton, they are particularly injurious, be-
cause they serve as midi for different in
sects. If the laws cannot be made so
strict as to prevent injury from horses or
lads then l would advise the use of round
iron boxps =,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-08-12

While interest in ones work in the
apiary is great security from bee stings,
there are many persons who will require
further protection, especially when hand
ling hybrids. For those who must pro-
tect their hands there is nothing bet
ter than long rubber gloves. An over
sleeve of cotton cloth. with an elastic in
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-08-12
SWEET MEMORIES.

think sweet memories will not die,
But live, and die not ever;
think the hearts sweet memories tia
Will bounden be forever
/ think sweet memories will awake
That long have slept and slumbercd;
l think the longest night viii break
In dawn and joys unnumbercd.
Youths Companion
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-08-12
SeaIs Destroxinx Salmon.

Many jewellers on the Pacific coast are ask
Ing that a bounty be put on seals because
they are SO terribly destructive to salmon.
They rob many OF the nets of every fish, kill.
ing them in mere wantonness
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-08-12

The constitution of Costa Rica is quite do
nestle affair. 1t prescribes hospitality as n
sacred duty, and declares citizenship to be
forfeited by ingratitude to parents
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-08-12

Windmills for pumping water and fur.
nishing power for farm machinery are re.
ported to be in increasing demand.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-08-12

Be a man first, and then you can be gen.
tleman ct your leisure Uncle Essex.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-08-12
NEW BRITAIN ISLES.
WHERE BUTTERFLIES VIE IN SIZE
WITH THE HUMMlNG BIRD.

rrado with the Nntivcs-Their Fear of
the White Man-Curious Customs Con-
corning the Marriage Relation-Canni-
balism Still Practiced.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-12-21

did not exactly understand II. but
when he served nm rycuiion on me |
went out. AS sheriff, he took charge
Of the office, discharged his son and
took Charge Of fhe busincss.and e'ltorl'
al departments. ] consulted several
LAWYERS. They said that was out
knew that They didn't know how !
could get in again. The law was very
peculiar. | knew that, .ioo.-- found
out afterwards ihatNoan had called on
all the lawyers and had told them that
If they intcrferod with his affairs ne
would bear down on their clients. ana
as most If their clients were IN JAIL.
they did no. interfere. Nolan. rs shcr-
iff--and he is now serving his. fourth
term--is still editor and proprls'oy az
the New Ebeneezer Pow Point. -Oi'e
I. Read, in hrkansaw 1rdreter.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-12-21
Exploding a Crocodile.

EYES," said Uncle Cap II have not
only seen hundreds of alligators and
crocodies in the course of my wander
ings. but once had the pleasure OF de-
stroying in novel and most elfcctnal
manner n great man-eating cnyman,as
the crocodile is called in South Amcrl-
CA
WAS he like my alligator asked
Bryce.
"Very like him; the only difference
being that while your alligator is about
sixteen inches long. my cayman was
little over sixteen feet. and as ugly
looking monster as ever swan. HAD
been detached from the Porpoisc, and OF.
dered to explore portion of Venezuela,
in company with party of American
engineers, who were constructing Tel
egraph line for the Government of that
country. We were following down
tributary of the great river Oronoco' ana
rested one Sunday at little Indian VII
the afternoon as we were all lyng
asleep in our hammocks, there came
terrible screaming and crying from the
village, and we ran TO see what was
up.
at seemed that several boys hal
been bathing in the river just below
the village, when all at once, without
the slightest warning, one OF them had
been seized and drawn under the tnr-
bid WA, ers by the great devil cayman'
rs the Indians called one OF these
creatures which had long been terror
to the community
81 suggested TO the chef of The en-
gineers. fine young fellow named
Roberts, that we set q trap Tor the
man.eater. and after explain ng my
| idea got him to agree to try it. AS we
were to be in that vicinity for several
DAYS, we waited until we thought il
was about time for the cayman TO- be
hungry again. Then we shot FAT
monkey, sewed inside of him II stone
bottle containing five pounds OF pow
der. inserted in II the ends of two long
coils of fine wire. bound these to strong
ropes of equal length. aud connected
the other ends with the little test bat
! terry that we carried.
"When all was ready we floaled onr
bait. upheld by two inflated bladdcrs.
near where the poor boy had been
Sc zed. and crouchcd IN the bushes TO
await Developments. We had waited
in perfect silence for more than an
hour. and were about ready TO give It
up. when there came Il ripple in me
water. aud huge head with horrid
open laws was cautiously lifted. Then
the Jaws closed with a snap upon our
bait. the head instantly disappeared.
and the ropes began to run swiftly ont.
showing that the monster was making
for deep water. had charge of the
battery. and gu ckly connected the
wires. Like n flash there came a deep.
muflied explosion, torrent of blood
stained water was thrown high in the
air, and mingled with it were frag-
mcnts of the scaly hide of the mo nster,
in whose side hole two feet square
had been blown.
The poor natives were Mt first terri
fled. then mystlied. and finally over
loyed al The success OF our experiments
and ever aftcrward they treated us like
beings possessed of supernatural pow
ers. Notwithstanding this. we noticed
that the loys did not seem to care for
bathing for sometime afterward. -Hdr-
III
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-12-21
Art for Arts Sake.

First New Yorkcr-"Who is that
shabby-looking man you Just bowed
iop"
Second New Yorker--"Oh that's an
author who stuck TO pure literature =
said hc would starve before he would
write down to the masses.
"Ab. too bad! And who is that gor-
geous looking swell who is crossing the
strecl?"
THAT is the soap aud arsenic poet
writes most Of the rhyming adver.
tisemen,s that you see in the papers. -
49, Ncw Yori; Tribune.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-12-21
She Hesitat@I.

1t is related of young lady well
known in society, and who. ut least on
one side of the family has no occasion
for indnlging in pride of birth that
upon the occasion of her receiv ne IN
invitation TO luncheon last winter nj
the house of cabinet minister she
DISPATCHED her servant 10 the hostess
with the request that she should .bs
favored with list Of the guests in
yiied in order to determine whether
her reply should be- one Of acceptance
or refusal. - Washington CapHd.
The anli-orgnn people in the Un''e'
Prcsbyter an Church are organ ziu..
Tn seems inconsistent. but pcrhaps II
ism I. - Fitisbnrg Chronicle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-23

THE consolation that the democracy
of the country applied to itself after
reading the election returns was that
Mr.. Blaine, as presidential possibility,
had been disposed of and that Mr..
Cleveland was now sure of renomina-
ton and reelection. The Syracuse
Journal gives few figures which are
calculated to draw most of the oil from
the consolation. Says the Journal !:
" But the democracy forgets that three
years ago Cleveland was elected by
the beggarly plurality of ,074, whereas
two years before he carried the state
by over 1872 ,000l Now the state of New
York shows a democratic plurality of
about 17,0O0-that party actually being
in minority of over 10000 of the vote
cast-and this moderate plurality, disap-
pearingon even much less ratio than
the 1872 1874 in 1882 did in 1884, would give
the republicans state and national vic
tory. Mr.. Blaine knocked 1872 1874 down
to ,074; and his political friends believe
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-23

definitely committed to the plan of the
violent suppression of negro suffrage.
That he was sound on this matter he
emphatically assured his listeners, and
that if reelected he would make sure
that no negroes would dare to vote to
disturb the present democratic control
of the state. He stated most emphat-
ically that he and his associates in 1876
by force suppressed the negro vote, and
claimed that this action entitled him to
the continuation in office that he asks
in order that there should be no change
of policy. In review of this speech
the New Orleans Picayune (democratic)
says that while it raises no question as
to the substantial. accuracy of the
governors statements, it deprecates
his confessions as unnecessary and
obviously impolitic." Senator Colquitt
is probably of the same opinion, for the
force of his labored article in the
Forum has been wholly destroyed by
Governor McEnery's admission that
the negro vote of Louisiana is systemat-
ically suppressed and his declaration
that the democrats intend to persist in
that course. This condition of things
in Louisiana evidently prevails in
Mississippi, for at the recent election
in that state there was no regular re-
publican ticket in the field and COM
paratively few votes were cast against
the democratic ticket. There is prob
ably large republican vote in Missis-
sippi, but the republicans in that state
have been bulldozed to such an extent
by their opponents that they have
ceased to contend for the exercise of
their political rights. 1t may be that
/" the people are heartily sick of the old
questions growing out of the rebellion"
but this feeling is not creditabe to any
fair-minded person.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-23

THE Troy Times well says: "There
can be no Disgusting the fact that the
class of immigrants who have come to
the United States of late years, taken
as a whole, are vastly inferior to those
who came to us before the late war.
Poles, Bohemians, Hungarians and
Italians have arrived in large numbers
in the last fifteen or twenty years, and
as rule they do not make good or use
full citizens. They swarm in our cities
and in the mining districts, they do
not understand our language or our in
stitutions, and they do not generally
seem to care to assimilate with our
people. They do not seek to become
Americans, nor to bring up their chill
dren to become such, but to make as
much money as they can in America,
with the intention of returning to their
native country when they have gained
what to them is competence. In
their greed they crowd out, not infre-
quently, the honest and deserving work.
ing-man who was either born here or
who came here to cast his lot with us
for better or for worse and who is
valuable and useful citizen"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-23
Notes and Opinions.

ALTHOUGH the Virginia democrats
secured control of the legislature, yet
the republican majority on the popular
vote is over 5000.
THE clerk of the house of represent
atives has made out list of the new
house, there being 16S democratic mem
bers, 153 republicans and four indie
pendents.
THE complete returns from Pennsyl-
vania show republican plurality in the
state of A 1888. This is the largest for
fifteen years with the exception of
that in 1884.
EDWARD ATKINSON proposes to
settle the fishery troubles by buying
the maritime provinces for S50,000,-
600. This would at least use up a
portion of the surplus.
Mr.. BLAINE continues to be an
object of particular interest to the
democratic and Independent newspa-
pers, albeit they have for the hundredth
time pronounced him politically defunct.
How to make hens pay" is the
title of an article in an exchange. The
hens are not owing us anything, and
we are more interested in knowing
how to make certain delinquent sub
scribers pay.
CANADIANS are warm admirers of
President Cleveland, because they be-
lieve that he wants TO reduce the duties
ON various raw materials which Canada
can export to this country in almost I'M
limited quantities.
CONGRESSMAN MILLIKEN of Maine
expresses confidence in Mr.. Blaine's
ability to be elected if renominated al
the next convention. Congressman
Lyman of Iowa says Allison will not
stand in Blaine's way.
IT will be fatal to any party, so long
as the people of this country are in theil
present wholesome frame of mind, &c
run any man for office on his fathers
record and achievements Trenton On
J) Gazette (Republican).
THE democrats in congress will be
put in a serious dilemma on the ques
ton of admitting Dakota to statehood
If they vote to admit her they will ado
another state to the republican column
if they persist in keeping her out they
! will by this partisan action lose thou
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-23
The Suppressed Vote.

In the Forum for November Senator
Colquitt of Georgia defends the south
ern democrats against the charge that
they suppress the negro vote. Never
theless, he admits that when the state
of Georgia was in danger of being
Africanized " the whole people took
means to prevent it. Unfortunately
for the senator's denial of the main
charge, his position is entirely over
thrown by the recent confession of
Governor McEnery of Louisiana. In a
speech the governor claimed the credit
for being the leader of the overturn in
1876, when the republican majority was
suppressed. He boosted that it was
accomplished by the violation of the
civil rights guaranteed by the constitu-
tons of the United States and of Lou
isiana. He declared as his claim to re-
election that Mr.. Nichols could not be
depended upon to keep up this policy,
as it was not known that the latter was
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-23
The Labor Question.

OF late there has been notable ces-
sation in labor agitation. Probably the
discussions in the labor organiza-
tons have something to do with it, but
more is due to the fact that working
men are losing confidence in the ability
of these organizations to effect the de-
sired objects. They have found that
violent means to attain ends, like boy
colts and strikes, do not pay in the long
run, and that their methods must be
reformed. The Knights of Labor will
continue to exist, but as a less formid-
able and influential organization, and
it may yet be capable of doing much
broad and needful work for the benefit
of working-men. 1t is predicted that
there will be fewer strikes and labor
disturbances the coming year than the
country has witnessed in any one of the
last three years, for the reason that the
labor and other social questions will be
pushed to the rear and compelled to
await the issue of the presidential con-
test. This is not so certain, however,
as that it would be a misfortune to the
labor organizations to be drawn into
politics. In some respects labor agita-
ton has been detrimental to the coun-
try, but it has had the effect to stimu-
late public inquiry and to secure some
needed reforms through legislation. A
recent report states that laws regu-
lating the employment of women and
children have been passed in Ala
bama, Connecticut, Colorado, Louis
lana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan,
New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island and West Virginia. Laws in
tended to secure the health of minors
have been passed in Illinois, Missouri,
Tennessee and West Virginia. In
nearly all the states above named, as
well as in Indiana, Nebraska, Mime
sofa and Texas, there has also been
legislation regulating the payment of
wages to working-men. Preferred
liens on property upon which they
have worked are given laborers in sew
eral states, and none of the property of
debtor is exempt as against claim
of wages in Nebraska. Bureaus of la
Dor statistics have been established
during the year in Colorado, Maine,
Minnesota, North Carolina and Rhode
Island, and state boards of arbitration
have been established in Massachusetts,
and New York. In several states
there has been legislation affecting
prison-made goods and convict labor,
but much of this is unwise. Probably
some of the legislation affecting the in
terests of labor has been demagogic
and ill-advised, but this will be swept
away in time. Whenever the labor re-
formers present a demand that appears
altogether reasonable and does not con-
travene individual rights it should re-
ceive all due consideration, but when
they seek monopoly of privileges that
should be enjoyed by all working-men
in common their efforts ought to be
rendered unavailing.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-23

THERE is something encouraging in
the decision of a judge of the supreme
court of Pennsylvania in regard to the
qualifications of jurors. The rule COM
monty insisted upon in selecting jury
is that man is disqualified for such
service if he has read the newspaper
reports of a crime and formed an
opinion upon the set of facts there pre-
sented. 1t is assumed that he is in
capable of forming new opinion from
the evidence laid before him at the
trial. The question before the Penn
sylvania justice was an appeal taken
from a lower court on the ground that
one of the jurors had admitted that,
through newspaper reports, he had,
prior to the trial, somewhat familiarized
himself with the case in hand-to the
extent of forming a tentative opinion
thereon. The judge refused the APP
peal, and in doing so took occasion to
say that man who cannot or does not
read newspapers is not qualified to
serve as juror at all.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-23

REV. SAMUEL w. Dixie has written
recently in the Independent on the
domestic morality of European emil
grants to the United States. He refers
to the report, recently printed by order
of congress, of answers to questions adj
dressed to United States consuls re-
specting the social conditions of Europe
and their effect on emigrants to this
country. These answers are such as to
give rise to very serious thoughts. Mr..
Dixie states that "the relaxed domestic
morals of immigrants are probably held
in less restraint by our laws than by
those of Europe, thus increasing danger
from them" He concludes with the
following "I suspect we may yet
come to see that the domestic morals of
immigrants are a matter of more Sc
rious thought for us than their mere
competition in labor. And, for that
matter, the relation of the home to
industrial problems generally needs
more attention than it gets in some
quarters
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-23

81 GIVE honor to whom it is due. DIR.
David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy cured
me of Brght's disease and gravel Four of
the best physicians had failed to relieve me-
| have recommended IL to scores of people
with like success and know it will cure all
who try it."-MrS. f. u. Mzner, Burg MI,
Ohio Send two-cent stamp to DIR. Kennedy,
Rondout, n. Y, for book on how to cure kid
ney, liver and blood disorders, Mention
this paper.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-23

that he will next year easily overcome
this years 1900. AT any rate, there
are nearly 100000 republicans in the
Empire state quite disposed to give him
a chance to show what he can dol"
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-14
News Notes.

The sales of real estate recorded
yesterday amounted to $29S,S70. The
number of transfers was l16.
The Southern Pacific track is so fal
repaired that cars can run through
from Los Angeles to Tucson, and it il
considered that trains will pass Owe
the line to Ell Paso ON Friday.
There will be grand fiesta at Sants
Monica Canon on Friday next, the
Independence day OF Mexico" A
barbecue will be prepared by Senol
Marquis, and a ball will follow the
fiesta.
Chas. Kislinger, who was indicted
by the U. S. Grand Jury on a charge
of introducing liquor into an Indian
reservation at Captain Grande, fur
nished bonds yesterday in the sum OF
$500.
Yesterday noon Frank Buncher, Of
Omaha, was knocked down and run
over by team driven by F. Higgins
on Maid street, in front of the st. Elmo
Hotel. Buncher had just stepped of
a street car and before he had time to
get out of the way he was struck by
the pole of Higgins's wagon and fall
ing was run over. The only injury
was a slight scratch on the side OF
Buncher's head, caused by the pole.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-14
Personal Mention.


Isaac Noel, of Calico, is at the St.
Charles.
Major Bell went north by the l 80
train yesterday.
James w. Fayman, Southern Pacific
ticket agent at Deming, is in the city.
L. G. Maynard, OF Maynard, Ante
lope Valley, is at the Grand Central.
j. w. Byrne, of the San Joaquin
rancho, went to San Francisco yester-
day.
Rev. DIR. Schneider leaves to-day for
San Bernardino, in order to officiate at
the wedding OF Mr. Sam Polaski.
G. +. Seymour, Deputy Sheriff Of
San Bernardino county, went north
yesterday by the overland train.
S. M. Holt and wife, of Riverside,
went to San Francisco yesterday to
attend the editorial convention and
the Mechanics Fair.
James Campbell, Superintendent
of Ballona Harbor improvement Com
pany, accompanied by his wife, went
to San Francisco yesterday.
Mrs. w. G.. Lambie and daughter,
Miss Irene Stephens and Miss Kate
Entler left at noon yesterday for the
Sacramento Fair and San Francisco.
M. j. Ashmore, the genial clerk of
Judge Gardeners Court, leaves to-day
for ten-days' excursion in the north,
visiting in his peregrinations San
Francisco, San Jose and other places.
Colonel Jim Thompson returned
yesterday from his Muta ranches via
Antelope Valley. He reports mon
strous rain in that section ON Sunday,
one of the heaviest that he ever ex-
perienced.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-14
The Christian Churches.

All the congregations of christian"
Churches in the State are holding
convention in the church on Temple
street near Fort. The meetings cover
yesterday, to-day and tomorrow. In
teresting sessions were held yesterday,
and for to-day the following pro-
gramme is announced: In the morn
ing opening address by Bro. Lawrence
Of Artesia, followed by Bro. Cornell
of Ukiah and Bro. Kendrick. In the
afternoon the speakers will be Bro.
Frazee of San Luis Rey, and Bro. Pat
tee of Oakland. The evening address
will be by Bro. Johnson, and Bro.
Hedrick, the latter of Pasadena.
For tomorrow the speakers will be
Bros. Hand of San Diego, Tibbs of
Pomona and Garvin OF San Fran
ciaco